Understanding Intercultural Communication

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Written in a conversational style, this book introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a vibrant discipline within the field. Authors Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva Chung take a multicontextual, inclusive approach that balances international and intercultural communication issues against U.S. domestic diversity issues. In addition to emphasizing a value-oriented perspective on intercultural encounters, the text contains a robust ethical chapter, complete with specific guidelines that will help students become ethical intercultural communicators. By integrating current empirical research with lively intercultural examples, the authors ask thought-provoking questions and pose ethical dilemmas for students to ponder. The text offers a sprawling treatment of such topics as ethnic and cultural identity change, culture shock and intercultural adjustment, romantic relationships and raising bicultural children, global identity challenges, and decision-making choices in intercultural ethics. NEW TO THIS EDITION: * Two new special features, "Blog Pic" and "Blog Post," which update all the photos and poignant personal stories found throughout the first edition * A greater focus on the impact of technologyon intercultural communication message exchange processes * An updated discussion of multiracial and biracial identity in Chapter 4 * Updates to the popular "Jeopardy Boxes" · More than 250 new references * "Live-chat," a special boxed feature, which emphasizes the importance of adaptive code-switching in managing intercultural misunderstanding via lively dialogue

Biased Intergroup Filters: Ethnocentrism and StereotypesEthnocentrism and CommunicationDistances of Indifference, Avoidance, and DisparagementDevelopmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) Stereotypes and CommunicationStereotypes: We Are What We Watch

Wired and On: The Roar of the InternetThe Internet as our Central StationWired Communication

The Transformation of Local and Global IdentitiesThe Lens of Television: Identity ImitationGlobal Television ImpactBe Hip, be Hot, and Pop Culture ImpactOutsourced Beats: You are What You Can Dance ToYou are What you Wear: Pop Culture as Fashion

Who and What are e.netizens?Defining the Background of e.netizensCharacteristics of an e.netizen Identity